Application of ICME to Optimize Metallurgy and Improve Performance of Carburizable Steels
Introduction
QuesTek Innovations LLC (“QuesTek”) of Evanston, IL uses its proprietary Materials by Design® expertise and technology in conjunction with its ICME-based methodologies to rapidly...
Optimization of Gear Tooth Contact by Helix Angle Modification
Introduction
Gears that are smaller, cheaper, and equipped with more efficient power transmission are the ongoing objective of gear designers. A significant issue in the...
Why Use a Wire EDM Worm Wheel in a Plastic Injection Molded Application
Crossed-axis helical gears (non-enveloping) is a method of transferring motion when using non-parallel axis shafts. These shafts are typically at a 90-degree angle. This...
An Approach to Find Optimal Topological Modification to Duplicate Tooth Flank Form of the...
Recently, the cutting of bevel gears on universal five-axis milling machines has been widely accepted as a promising solution to replace the conventional cutting...
Non-Destructive Electromagnetic Structure Testing
Steel structures depend on alloy and heat treatment for durability and strength. Ferritic and martensitic structures behave ferromagnetically, and austenitic structures behave nonmagnetically. Therefore,...
Powder Metallurgy of High Density Helical Gears
Powder Metallurgy is a proven technology to produce high strength gears for the automotive industry. Advances in powder production, compaction, and sintering combined with...
Weighing Options in Deburring
In the gear deburring process, the operator must determine the method, or tool, that will be used. Three tool options exist for performing this...
Inside the Taiwan Machine Tools Industry
Ordinarily, I would have hung up the phone immediately.
In my life to that point, I had been able to successfully avoid bogus time-shares, Nigerian...
IMTS 2014 In-Review
The 30th edition of IMTS — The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 was the fourth largest IMTS in history and the largest six-day show...
A New Innovation in Spline Rolling Rack Tooling
The spline rolling process was invented by the Michigan Tool Company in 1954. The tools used for the process, commonly referred to as spline...
Gear Resonance Analysis and Experimental Verification Using Rapid Prototyped Gears
Weight reduction is of great importance in the design of gearing for aerospace applications. Natural resonance responses of the gear head and shaft change...
Upgrading and Testing a 72,000 H.P. Gearbox
Another Day at the Gear Hospital
Over the past 40 years, we have had many gearboxes come to our door that have had chronic, operational...
UNIMILL: Prototype and Small Batch Bevel Gear Manufacturing
Manufacturing of spiral bevel and hypoid gears can be conducted in several ways. The following methods are commonly known:
• Face hobbing with a circular...
Proactive Contamination Control for Industrial Gearing
No matter what industry you serve, there’s a good chance that gears and gearing are critical to your process. In fact, gears are so...
Principal Design Parameters Of Gearing With Non-Parallel Axes Of Rotations
This paper pertains to gearing with non-parallel axes of rotation of the driving and the driven members. Examples of the gearing can be easily...
Finite Element Analysis of a Floating Planetary Ring Gear with External Splines
The design of a planetary ring gear is always a challenge due to the contradictive requirements it must comply with. On one hand, the...
Gear Failure Analysis and Lessons Learned in Aircraft High-Lift Actuation
The high lift system of an aircraft, including trailing and/or leading edge slats/flaps, increases lift for takeoff, controls flight during cruise, and reduces landing...
Grinding Alternatives
As the original inventor of continuous generating gear grinding technology, Reishauer has been a leader in hard finishing of gears for decades, with a...
CASE STUDY: RUF Briquetting Systems and Corrugated Replacements, Inc. and Horsburg-Scott
Briquetting is a way to regain value from the materials you already have. Gear grinding operations are finding the value they thought was lost...
Medical Device Assembly Case Study: National Bearings
Overview
A leading, U.S.-based medical device manufacturer was experiencing significant product failure. The surgical device, which included a plastic gear, was melting during surgery requiring...
